KKR, Baidu, Coatue to invest $170 million in China online used-car platform
Reuters
Published Mar 17, 2015 11:42PM ET
KKR, Baidu, Coatue to invest $170 million in China online used-car platform
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR & Co LP, search engine Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU) and hedge fund Coatue said on Wednesday they will jointly invest $170 million in Chinese online used-car auction firm Uxin, aiming for a piece of the booming used-car market.
Uxin will use the funds to expand a newly launched platform where auto retailers sell used cars to individuals, the companies said in a joint statement.
China, the world's second-largest economy, had 368 billion yuan ($59 billion) worth of transactions in the used-car market in 2014, up 26 percent from the previous year, the statement said, citing figures from the China Automobile Dealers Association.
($1 = 6.2365 Chinese yuan renminbi)
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